This project is a work in progress and will be updated frequently.
I have been frustrated by Flight Simulator's tendency to mark shorelines at the high-tide line. It's understandable, as imagery displays the ocean at all sorts of tide points. This project is to present dry ground as it appears in imagery from Bing. It also is to remedy massive flaws in tree placement onand around the Esowista Pensinsula on Vancouver Island.
This project will add in beaches (as they appear in the imagery), accurate forest boundaries, sea rocks, clearcuts, rivers, and other important landscape features. This project does not include terrain enhancements of any kind. This project does not yet include any building or model assets whatsoever. My goal is to release an update at least once a month as the range expands. The goal is that eventually, this package will provide a more visually pleasing and geographically accurate representation of all shorelines within Pacific Rim National Park Reserve of Canada (Long Beach Unit), and all shorelines between Ucluelet and Tofino, including Kennedy Lake and Tofino Inlet. Everything in this project is hand-placed.
Objects may be included in future updates from libraries (boats, docks). As of v0.2 there are no dependencies.
There's an island off Long Beach that seems to be floating in mid-air, you can see it when you take off from Tofino. Is that fixable?
2 years ago
Marionettework
Many Thanks I really appreciate this work. (I love the island!)
2 years ago
4791
This is so so good. I just got back from Tofino last week IRL. The sim is so disappointing in the way it depicts that area. This is a major improvement. Thank you so much.
2 years ago
jpen828
Great project! Love to see future updates =)
2 years ago
Medevac71
Originally from Mid Vancouver Island - Currently living in Florida - so much of the time I fly in regions I am familiar with. Glad you have done this project. Have not yet flown it but will this afternoon. Curious if you have thought about developing out regional airports and items such as lighthouses or ships traffic for this region...badly needed.
2 years ago
There's a great package called Lighthouses of BC. As a sailor and outdoorsman (I've drifted away from aviation), I care a lot about how nature looks in the sim, so that's my big focus. I have zero modelling skills (only GIS and orthophoto analysis and processing experience), so anything I include will need to be in free libraries unfortunately. Hope you enjoy your flights over familiar territory!
2 years ago
InfiNorth
72VirginExpress
Wow this is good! I'm looking forward to seeing more, thank you!
2 years ago
Westcoaster
Great, thank you
2 years ago
Fury
Thanks
2 years ago
Great_Qc
Great stuff. With big beaches to land on.
2 years ago
Glad you like it! There will be lots more beach space opened up over the next month with updates.
2 years ago
InfiNorth
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